Ceisteanna Parlaiminte

Social Welfare Eligibility

John Lahart

1060. Deputy John Lahart asked the Minister for Social Protection the reason sole traders who are self-employed have not received continuing support in the post-Covid period, given that an employee who has been made redundant, regardless of the amount of redundancy payment received, will automatically receive nine months' jobseeker’s benefit prior to being transferred onto a means tested benefit and in view of the fact that that jobseeker's benefit is available for the self-employed but in order to qualify a person must not be engaged in self-employment; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42113/22]

Social Welfare Eligibility

John Lahart

1061. Deputy John Lahart asked the Minister for Social Protection the reason that sole traders in the self-employment sector are not treated in the same manner as persons who are ex-employees; the reason that existing sole traders are not offered assistance in the same way that support is offered to new self-employed persons; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42115/22]

Covid-19 Pandemic

John Lahart

1629. Deputy John Lahart asked the Minister for Health when a social care worker who works in a care home in Templeogue will receive the €1,000 Covid payment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42470/22]

School Funding

John Lahart

1049. Deputy John Lahart asked the Minister for Education the increase in funding over the past three years for both primary and post-primary level; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [39822/22]

School Meals Programme

John Lahart

1194. Deputy John Lahart asked the Minister for Social Protection the estimated total cost of the school meals programme at primary and post-primary level. [39820/22]

School Meals Programme

John Lahart

1195. Deputy John Lahart asked the Minister for Social Protection the estimated cost of providing either hot or cold meals to pupils in all schools at primary and post-primary level. [39821/22]

Health Services

John Lahart

1820. Deputy John Lahart asked the Minister for Health the funding provided to individual communities' (details supplied) under the healthy communities' programme. [40622/22]

Employment Schemes

John Lahart

100. Deputy John Lahart asked the Minister for Social Protection the progress that has been made under Pathways to Work; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34936/22]

Schools Building Projects

John Lahart

303. Deputy John Lahart asked the Minister for Education when the design team appointed for the new building of a school (details supplied) will submit the final report on stage 2B of the project that will allow the project to proceed; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [38249/22]

Health Promotion

John Lahart

127. Deputy John Lahart asked the Minister for Health the way that the proposed free contraception scheme from general practitioners is to work for the young people who are targeted; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37513/22]

Healthcare Policy

John Lahart

130. Deputy John Lahart asked the Minister for Health the progress and the plans that are in place in regard to a reduction in the age threshold for breast cancer screening; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37514/22]

School Meals Programme

John Lahart

580. Deputy John Lahart asked the Minister for Social Protection if she will outline the schools at all levels in Dublin south west that avail of the school meals programme. [37622/22]

Official Engagements

John Lahart

1053. Deputy John Lahart asked the Minister for Health if he will accept a formal invitation issued to him by the Tallaght Drugs and Alcohol Task Force to formally meet with the members of the task force as soon as possible; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37998/22]

Mental Health Services

John Lahart

17. Deputy John Lahart asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the supports in place for students to access to mental health supports in further and higher education, including waiting time for appointments; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36750/22]

Disadvantaged Status

John Lahart

21. Deputy John Lahart asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if he will provide an update on measures to support students of DEIS schools to access further and higher education; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36751/22]

Education Schemes

John Lahart

98. Deputy John Lahart asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will provide details of the education and training bursary scheme for young people who have experienced care in Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36696/22]

Education Schemes

John Lahart

122. Deputy John Lahart asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of book bags that have been distributed under the Little Library Initiative; the learnings that have come back from the scheme; the impact it has had; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36695/22]

Fire Safety

John Lahart

197. Deputy John Lahart asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will ensure that a sum is allocated in Budget 2023 for reimbursement of remediation costs on works that cannot await on an action plan and that must be undertaken immediately arising from fire officers’ reports given the imminent report on defects in apartment complexes; if he will make a commitment that remediation will be provided for such works undertaken on behalf of owner-occupiers by management companies and agents; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36892/22]

Insurance Industry

John Lahart

315. Deputy John Lahart asked the Minister for Health the amount that consumers subscribe by way of payments for cover to all private health insurers on an annual basis; the number of consumers who subscribe to private health insurance; and the amount that was paid out by private health insurers in claims in each of the years 2018 to 2020, in tabular form. [36873/22]

Housing Policy

John Lahart

77. Deputy John Lahart asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the options that are open to persons who are in receipt of illness benefit and have been advised by their local council that they are not eligible to apply for social housing; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36548/22]

Primary Care Services

John Lahart

225. Deputy John Lahart asked the Minister for Health the number of persons in each LHO area waiting for a podiatry appointment in primary care as of 1 July 2022 or the latest date available; and the number waiting 0 to 12, 12 to 26, 26 to 52 and more than 52 weeks. [36384/22]

Primary Care Services

John Lahart

226. Deputy John Lahart asked the Minister for Health the number of persons in each LHO area waiting for a ophthalmology appointment in primary care as of 1 July 2022 or the latest date available; and the number waiting 0 to 12 weeks; and the number waiting 0 to 12, 12 to 26, 26 to 52 and more than 52 weeks. [36385/22]

Primary Care Services

John Lahart

227. Deputy John Lahart asked the Minister for Health the number of persons in each LHO area waiting for a audiology appointment in primary care as of 1 July 2022 or the latest date available; and the number waiting 0 to 12, 12 to 26, 26 to 52 and more than 52 weeks. [36386/22]

Primary Care Services

John Lahart

228. Deputy John Lahart asked the Minister for Health the number of persons in each LHO area waiting for a dietetics appointment in primary care as of 1 July 2022 or the latest date available; and the number waiting 0 to 12, 12 to 26, 26 to 52 and more than 52 weeks. [36387/22]

Primary Care Services

John Lahart

229. Deputy John Lahart asked the Minister for Health the number of persons in each LHO area waiting for a psychology appointment in primary care as of 1 July 2022 or the latest date available; and the number waiting 0 to 12, 12 to 26, 26 to 52 and more than 52 weeks. [36388/22]

Mental Health Services

John Lahart

230. Deputy John Lahart asked the Minister for Health the number of persons in each LHO area waiting for a counselling appointment in primary care as of 1 July 2022 or the latest date available; and the number waiting 0 to 12, 12 to 26, 26 to 52 and more than 52 weeks. [36389/22]

Mental Health Services

John Lahart

231. Deputy John Lahart asked the Minister for Health the number of persons in each LHO area waiting for a child and adolescent mental health services appointment in primary care as of 1 July 2022 or the latest date available; and the number waiting 0 to 12, 12 to 26, 26 to 52 and more than 52 weeks. [36390/22]

Mental Health Services

John Lahart

232. Deputy John Lahart asked the Minister for Health the number of children admitted to adult mental health units to date in 2022. [36391/22]

Home Help Service

John Lahart

233. Deputy John Lahart asked the Minister for Health the number of home support hours currently being provided in each LHO area as of 1 July 2022 or the latest date available; the way that compares to target in each LHO for the same time period; and the number of persons currently on the waiting list for home support hours in each LHO area; the number waiting 0-3, 3-6, 6-12 and 12 months plus in tabular form . [36392/22]

Nursing Homes

John Lahart

234. Deputy John Lahart asked the Minister for Health the number of persons awaiting placement under the fair deal scheme as of 1 July 2022 or latest date available; the average waiting time; the number of persons currently awaiting placement under the scheme for each local health area; and the length of time waiting in tabular form. [36393/22]

Hospital Waiting Lists

John Lahart

235. Deputy John Lahart asked the Minister for Health the number of public patients that have been removed from outpatient lists in 2022 as a result of a validation exercise and not as a result of having an appointment with a consultant for each public and voluntary hospital in tabular form. [36394/22]

Medical Cards

John Lahart

236. Deputy John Lahart asked the Minister for Health the number of medical cards as of 1 July 2022; the number of general practitioner cards on the same date; and the number for each type of card issued on a discretionary basis on that date. [36395/22]

Hospital Overcrowding

John Lahart

237. Deputy John Lahart asked the Minister for Health the number of delayed discharges in each public and voluntary hospital at the end of June 2022; and the total number to date in 2022, in tabular form . [36396/22]

Hospital Overcrowding

John Lahart

238. Deputy John Lahart asked the Minister for Health the number of bed days lost in each in each public and voluntary hospital owing to delayed discharges to date in 2022, in tabular form. [36397/22]

Emergency Departments

John Lahart

239. Deputy John Lahart asked the Minister for Health the number of patients aged 75 years or over that experienced an emergency department wait time of more than 24 hours during June 2022; and the total number to date in 2022; and the hospitals where the wait occurred. [36398/22]

Emergency Departments

John Lahart

240. Deputy John Lahart asked the Minister for Health the number of ambulance attendances at each emergency department nationwide in June 2022; the number of such ambulances that waited longer than 20 minutes to hand over patients, get their trolleys back and return to responding to calls; the number that waited longer than 40 minutes for same; the number that waited longer than 60 minutes for same; the number that waited longer than 90 minutes for same; the number that waited more than 120 minutes for same; and the number that waited more than 180 minutes for same in tabular form . [36399/22]

Hospital Waiting Lists

John Lahart

241. Deputy John Lahart asked the Minister for Health the number of spinal fusion patients currently waiting less than 4 months for treatment in Our Lady’s Children’s Hospital, Crumlin and Temple Street Children’s University Hospital for the end of June 2022 or the latest date available; the number waiting 4-8, and more than 8 months; and if he will provide the same information for other spinal patients in tabular form. [36400/22]

Hospital Waiting Lists

John Lahart

242. Deputy John Lahart asked the Minister for Health the number of persons waiting as of 1 July 2022 or the nearest available date for an MRI scan in the RCSI hospital group for less than three, 3 to 6, 6 to 9, 9 to 12 and more than 12 months in tabular form. [36401/22]

Hospital Waiting Lists

John Lahart

243. Deputy John Lahart asked the Minister for Health the number of persons waiting as of 1 July 2022 or the nearest available date for a CT scan in the RCSI hospital group for less than three, 3 to 6, 6 to 9, 9 to 12 and more than 12 months in tabular form. [36402/22]

Hospital Waiting Lists

John Lahart

244. Deputy John Lahart asked the Minister for Health the number of persons waiting as of 1 July 2022 or the nearest available date for an MRI scan in the Dublin Midlands hospital group for less than three, 3 to 6, 6 to 9, 9 to 12 and more than 12 months in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36403/22]

Hospital Waiting Lists

John Lahart

245. Deputy John Lahart asked the Minister for Health the number of persons waiting as of 1 July 2022 or the nearest available date for a CT scan in the Dublin Midlands hospital group for less than 3, 3 to 6, 6 to 9, 9 to 12 and more than 12 months in tabular form. [36404/22]

Hospital Waiting Lists

John Lahart

246. Deputy John Lahart asked the Minister for Health the number of persons waiting as of 1 July 2022 or the nearest available date for a bone scan in the Dublin Midlands hospital group for less than 3, 3 to 6, 6 to 9, 9 to 12 and more than 12 months in tabular form. [36405/22]

Hospital Waiting Lists

John Lahart

247. Deputy John Lahart asked the Minister for Health the number of persons waiting as of 1 July 2022 or the nearest available date for an angiogram in the Dublin Midlands hospital group for less than 3, 3 to 6, 6 to 9, 9 to 12 and more than 12 months in tabular form. [36406/22]

Hospital Waiting Lists

John Lahart

248. Deputy John Lahart asked the Minister for Health the number of persons waiting as of 1 July 2022 or the nearest available date for an electroencephalogram in the Dublin Midlands hospital group for less than 3, 3 to 6, 6 to 9, 9 to 12 and more than 12 more than twelve months in tabular form. [36407/22]

Hospital Waiting Lists

John Lahart

249. Deputy John Lahart asked the Minister for Health the number of persons waiting as of 1 July 2022 or the nearest available date for cholangiopancreatography ERCP in the Dublin Midlands hospital group for less than 3, 3 to 6, 6 to 9, 6 to 12 and more than twelve months in tabular form. [36408/22]

Hospital Waiting Lists

John Lahart

250. Deputy John Lahart asked the Minister for Health the number of persons waiting as of 1 July 2022 or the nearest available date for an ultrasound scan in the Dublin Midlands hospital group for less than 3, 3 to 6, 6 to 9, 9 to 12 and more than 12 months in tabular form. [36409/22]

Hospital Waiting Lists

John Lahart

251. Deputy John Lahart asked the Minister for Health the number of persons waiting as of 1 July 2022 or the nearest available date for an MRI scan in the South/South West hospital group for less than 3, 3 to 6, 6 to 9, 9 to 12 and more than 12 months in tabular form. [36410/22]

Hospital Waiting Lists

John Lahart

252. Deputy John Lahart asked the Minister for Health the number of persons waiting as of 1 July 2022 or the nearest available date for an CT scan in the South/South West hospital group for less than 3, 3 to 6, 6 to 9, 9 to 12 and more than 12 months in tabular form. [36411/22]

Hospital Waiting Lists

John Lahart

253. Deputy John Lahart asked the Minister for Health the number of persons waiting as of 1 July 2022 or the nearest available date for a bone scan in the South/South West hospital group for less than 3, 3 to 6, 6 to 9, 9 to 12 and more than 12 months in tabular form. [36412/22]

Hospital Waiting Lists

John Lahart

254. Deputy John Lahart asked the Minister for Health the number of persons waiting as of 1 July 2022 or the nearest available date for an angiogram in the South/South West hospital group for less than 3, 3 to 6, 6 to 9, 9 to 12 and more than 12 months in tabular form. [36413/22]